Month: February 2025

Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History?

Good Morning Friends, Today we have Noah in a boat from the Genesis Flood account and Jesus and the disciples in a passage from the Gospel of Mark also in a boat and the interesting thing is that in both situations the people along for the ride were being asked to trust, obey, and believe … Continue reading Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History? →

If God’s Love Is For Everyone Why Does God Seem To Favor Some And Not Others?

Good Morning Friends, Today we look at the issue of discouragement and how we handle that situation either graciously or with anger. Today we look at an important Biblical narrative to help us live more connected and meaningful lives when we realize that our actions are less than perfect. And frankly the issue may be … Continue reading If God’s Love Is For Everyone Why Does God Seem To Favor Some And Not Others? →

Have You Heard a Good Sermon Recently For Those Facing Troubling Times?

Good Morning Friends, Maybe you like the sermons of Paul or of Peter. Maybe Charles Haden Spurgeon, N. T. Wright or John Stott is your style or Martin Luther. John Wesley, George Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox or John Calvin or John Wycliffe. They could all preach too but I doubt many millennials would be … Continue reading Have You Heard a Good Sermon Recently For Those Facing Troubling Times? →

Are We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us?

Good Morning Friends, Our daily fears and negativity can become words that are tools of destruction in our heads, or they can be overcome in a way to build us stronger in relationship with God. Our world is filled with management techniques, but our words do not bring out our best if they are about … Continue reading Are We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us? →

Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ?

  Good Morning Friends, Being part of the dominant sociological structure, if we are such in the church, does mean that there is not more to experience in who we are as Christians. The reality is that many are working and living in a society that is not Christian. This is nothing new. Thankfully as … Continue reading Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ? →

How Do We Become More Like Jesus, Come Clean And Still Till The Soil Of The Garden?

  Good Morning Friends, Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of the church and the bride of Christ…about love of God and love of our neighbors. Today we look in the mirror and realize that though we think we are groomed and something of worth, the reality is that … Continue reading How Do We Become More Like Jesus, Come Clean And Still Till The Soil Of The Garden? →

Are You Living Into God’s New Creation Story In The Light Of Christ?

Good Morning Friends, Today we face some scripture that is a real challenge not because of the questions it presents for us so much as because I am still thinking about yesterday’s Super Bowl blowout and its commercials and one spot in particular that had a Johnny Cash singing a song about Jesus and another … Continue reading Are You Living Into God’s New Creation Story In The Light Of Christ? →

Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joy In Us?

Good Morning Friends, Last month I asked my three-year-old grandson to tell me about God and he responded that “God is in us.” Today’s scripture and message is really about the history of God’s incarnation in Jesus and what happens when Christ is in us. The idea here is that a close and real relationship … Continue reading Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joy In Us? →

What Does It Take To Deal With The Pressure Of Being A Good Leader?

  Good Morning Friends, Church work can certainly involve pressure, and often more pressure than we would like. Pressure comes from family, from friends, and pressure from work itself. Sometimes the pressure seems to dissipate our peace. Odd for we hope for a place and people of peace and pray for that peace, that perfect … Continue reading What Does It Take To Deal With The Pressure Of Being A Good Leader? →